The Consul of Sodome

That’s the title of the new movie where Marco Morales goes extra with an important role, and it’s a Spanish production. Which means Mr. Marco – shown in the photo above being made up for an important scene in the pelicula – is going international with his cocky ways. El Consul de Sodoma stars the Spanish actor Jordi Molla as the businessman and leftist poet Jaime Gil de Biedma who came to the Philippines in the early 60s to manage his family business in the islands – Tabacalera, the tobacco company. It was in the Philippines that the young businessman “woke up with a desire to rebel and release his homosexuality in the more dirty caverns of the city.” I think this is the scene where Marco’s character shows up because “dirty cavern” would be the cue to shoot frontal nudity scenes. The biopic of the important Spanish literary figure who died of AIDS in 1990 will be shown in November.

Antonio Banderas and movie director Pedro Almodovar joined forces in making innovative and sexually provocative movies during the 1980s. In 1984 Banderas made headlines in Spain with his performance as a gay man, making his first male-to-male on-screen kiss in Almodovar’s “La ley del deseo (1987)”, where he even ‘bottomed’.

Hence, making nude/sex scenes does not necessarily harm your career. It depends very much on the quality of the movie and the talents of the director.

Way to go Papa Marco. I know you’re going to be a BIG star. Don’t mind the pessimist detractors you have… Anyways, they’re too busy being bitter to appreciate your great works and efforts. Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!